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Healthy carrot cake bars are vegan and made with a raisin and date puree, shredded carrots, peanut butter and oats. This delicious carrot cake oatmeal bars recipe makes for a family-friendly snack any time of year and tastes just like carrot oatmeal raisin bars!

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Whether you enjoy carrot cake for Easter or not, these vegan carrot cake oatmeal bars are healthy and worth enjoying as a snack any time of year.

As a dietitian, I preach to my clients to rely on easy, healthy snacks when needed. Healthy no bake snacks come in handy when energy is low but you want something quick. 

Similar to no bake carrot cake bites, these easy oatmeal carrot bars only require a handful of ingredients, probably ingredients that you always keep stocked in your pantry. 

Why You’ll Love Healthy Carrot Cake Bars

• No oven required – Don’t we all love no-bake recipes for that reason? Easy and quick, and you can eat the batter as you go!
• Quick and easy – Carrot cake snack bars are quick and easy. Once you process everything, let them rest in the freezer, in which case you can work on other meal or snack prep.
• Kid friendly – Healthy carrot cake bars are my favorite spring recipe for kids! Kids love them because they are slightly sweet, chewy and they can even help you make them. Similar to these applesauce oat bars!
• Veggies included – Don’t we all love recipes that showcase veggies, especially for those picky eaters? Carrots add a nice natural sweetness and a slew of nutrition!
• Wonderful taste of carrot cake – Get the delicious taste of carrot cake without the indulgence through these healthy carrot cake bars.

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Ingredients For Carrot Oat Bars

Have you ever tried the carrot cake lara bars? I was inspired to make my own after instantly falling in love with them!

You’ll be pleasantly surprised how easy these carrot oat bars come together. Here’s what you’ll need:

• oats – Rolled oats or old-fashioned oats will work
• shredded carrots – I love to use this as a vegetable shredder.
• raisins – A dried fruit that adds lots of nutrition and natural sweetness.
• coconut oil – A nice neutral fat that helps these stick together and provides structure.
• peanut butter – Peanut butter can be substituted with another nut butter. It helps add flavor and structure, while helping these carrot oatmeal bars stick together.
• dates – impart a natural sweetness along with the shredded carrots.
• spices – I used ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to amplify the carrot cake oatmeal flavor.

I’ve always been jealous of people enjoying the typical carrot cake. Carrot cake is typically made with walnuts, and I’m allergic to walnuts – so these tasty oatmeal carrot bars are made without walnuts.

And as you probably could have guessed, since there is no baking (or eggs) involved, you can enjoy these vegan carrot cake oatmeal bars as you go.

How to Make Carrot Cake Oatmeal Bars

To process these healthy carrot bars, you will need a food processor or at the very least, a mini food processor.

This recipe is unique in that we’re upgrading the typical date puree to a raisin-date puree, which really sets these healthy carrot cake oatmeal bars apart.

I pureed dates and raisins together to combine natural sweeteners and then added the other dry ingredients.

Then, you’ll add in the rest of the ingredients and pulse until combined. Transfer it to a baking pan with parchment paper and put it in the freezer to firm up. 

And, that’s that. Let them rest in the freezer for about 45 minutes, and then cut into individual carrot cake snack bars!

Easy Kid Friendly Snack

These carrot oat bars work perfectly as a kid-friendly snack, especially when paired with my favorite yogurt pouches for toddlers.

There are no added sugars, and the natural sugars come from dates and raisins. They are also high in fiber, and get healthy fat and protein from peanut butter. There’s nothing not to love!

I like offering these carrot cake oat bars to my toddler daughter because she can eat them as we go along, and it’s a new way for her to eat carrots.

These bars also make for road trip snacks for toddlers. 

Plus when she hears healthy carrot cake bars, the cake part gets her excited – just like with healthy banana oatmeal cookies.

We typically don’t shred carrots much otherwise, so this is a fun new way to present (new) vegetables – a key tip to get toddlers to eat veggies!

How to Store Carrot Cake Oat Bars

Just store them in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days. You can also keep them in the fridge (for up to 7 days) or freezer (up to 3 months).

I like to just take them out of the freezer and let them thaw for 10 minutes before enjoying them. Slater with peanut butter or greek yogurt.  

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Servings 12 bars

Healthy Carrot Cake Bars

Sarah Schlichter, MPH, RDN

Carrot Oatmeal Raisin Bars are a delicious carrot cake bars recipe made with a raisin and date puree, shredded carrots, peanut butter and oats. They make for a family friendly snack any time of year!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Additional Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Ingredients  

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• 1/2 cup pitted dates soaked and softened
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup shredded carrots about 2-3 medium carrots
• 2 ¼ cups rolled oats, divided
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• ¼ cup drippy peanut butter
• 1/8 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp salt

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Instructions 

1. Soak dates in water to soften them, if needed.
2. Add softened and pitted dates to food processor and pulse until chopped and combined. Add raisins and shredded carrots and pulse a bit more.
3. Add 1 ¼ cup of rolled oats, coconut oil, peanut butter, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to processor.
4. Pulse for 2-4 minutes, or until all ingredients are mixed and well combined.
5. Transfer to bowl and mix with the remaining cup of rolled oats until oats are soaked into date and raisin mixture.
6. Line 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper. Transfer mixture to pan and push down evenly.
7. Transfer to freezer for 45 minutes to firm up.
8. Enjoy!
   
   

Equipment

Professional Cheese Grater – Stainless Steel, XL Size, 4 Sides – Perfect Box Grater for Parmesan Cheese, Vegetables, Ginger – Dishwasher Safe – Black

365 by Whole Foods Market, Organic Thompson Raisins, 8 Ounce

BetterBody Foods Organic Virgin Coconut Oil — Cold-Pressed and Unrefined Coconut Oil, Medium Temperature Cooking Oil, Great Alternative To Butter, Light Coconut Flavor and Aroma, 56 Ounce

Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter U.S. Valencia Peanuts 28 Ounce Each Jar 2 Pack

Hamilton Beach (70730) Food Processor & Vegetable Chopper with Bowl Scraper, 10 Cup, Electric

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 160kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 131mgFiber: 3gSugar: 12g

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